Display-receptacle.



Patented Aug. 28, |900.

H. T. LOMIS.

DlSPLAY RECEPTACLE.

(Application tiled Apr. 26, 1900.) (No Model.)

51A/vanto@ l m@ Gimme@ lNrrED STATES* PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY T. LOOMIS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

. Dls/PLAY-RECEPTACLE.

srncirrcn'rron forming para of Letters raient No. 656,723, detect 'August 28,1900.

Application sied A'prn 26, 1900. serial No. 14,438. or@ anaal.)

T0 all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, HARRY T. LOoMIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at'New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Receptacles, of which the following is a full and complete specication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. f

This invention relates to display-receptacles for articles of merchandise; and the obj ect thereof, is to provide a display-box wherein the article or articles to be shown may be compactly folded and may be extended at full length for the purpose of display or exposition.

The display-box constructed according to my invention is particularly adapted as a receptacle for millinery and other dry goods; but it is adaptable to a variety of usages, as will be manifest from the following description.

The invention consists in the construction nl'arrangement of parts hereinafter speci- In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like reference characters denote like parts in the several views, Figure l is a plan view of a displaybox constructed accordingto my invention, the parts being in position to expose or display a piece of dry goods in fully-extended form, the cover being shown removed in this view. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the parts in folded or contracted position,the piece of dry goods above referred to being likewise shown folded for transportation or storage; and Fig. 3, a transverse section of Fig. 2 on the line 3 3 thereof and showing the cover of the box in position.

In the practice of my invention I provide a box or receptacle 4, which may be of any desired form and which is provided at one end with a member 5, connected with and forming an extension of the bottom of the box and arranged to be projected or extended said member 5 are variable, according to the class of work in question, and the box is also provided at both sides and at the end opposite the bottom extension 5 with inwardlydirected anges 5*?. A cover 6, which is shown in section in Fig. 3, fits over the entire box when the parts are in relatively folded position and serves as acomplete closure therefor.

The piece of millinery or dry goods or other suitable article to be displayed and shown in the present instance consists of a door-Grape 7, which is secured at one end, preferably by stitches 8, within the box 4 and at one end thereof, and said article 7 is likewise stitched at 9 to the member 5 adjacent the hinged connection thereof with the box 4 and further stitched to said member adjacent to the free end portion of the member 5. The stitching at 8, 9, and l0 secures the article 7 rmly against accidental displacement or detachment and likewise causes the article 7 to be evenly folded when the parts are in the position shown in Fig.`2. In order to display the article 7 at full length, it is only necessary to remove the cover 6 from said box 4, if said cover be iitted thereto, and swing the hinged member 5 into a position wherein it projects longitudinally of the box 4, as shown in Fig. 1, and it is manifest that the operation of displaying the article contained within my improved display-box may be expeditiously performed, it being unnecessary to perform a inal adjustment of the article to be displayed after opening the box, as the arrangement of the several parts of the invention, together with the method of securing the article therein, keeps the latter in permanent arrangement.

The display-box embodying the present in-a vention is particularly valuable to salesmen in displaying goods where theipurchasers de sire to inspect a wide range of stock, as is the case with commercial travelers and other business men, and the articles of merchan- IOO end, and the bottom of which is provided at said end with an extension which is adapted to be folded upwardly over the box so as to partially close the top thereof, whereby when said extensible member is in extended position, the article to be displayed Will appear at full length, and When said extensible inember is folded the article to be displayed will be similarly folded, substantially as shown and described.

2. A display-box open at the top and at one end, and the bottom of Which is provided at said end with an extension Which is adapted to be folded upwardly over the box so as to partially close the top thereof, said box bex5 ing also provided at both sides and at the closed end with inwardly-directed flanges at the top thereof, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 2o my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 25th day of April, 1900.

HARRY T. LOOMIS.

Witnesses:

117A. STEWART, C. C. OLsEN. 

